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"When I died last, and dear, I die As often as from thee I go."
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John DonneOur eye-beams twisted, and did thread — John Donne
"Our eye-beams twisted, and did thread Our eyes, upon one double string; So to entergraft our hands, as yet Was all the means to make us one, And pictures in our eyes to get Was all our propagation."
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John Donne
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John Donne was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His poetical works are noted for their metaphorical and sensual style and include sonnets, love
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"I know not what fear is, nor I know not what it is that I fear now; I fear not the hastening of my death, and yet I do fear the increase of the disease... my weakness is from nature, who hath but her measure, my strength is from God, who possesses and distributes infinitely."
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"No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace, As I have seen in one autumnal face."
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"Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies."
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"Batter my heart, three-personed God; for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend."
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"As well a well-wrought urn becomes The greatest ashes, as half-acre tombs."
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